Special unit for penalty point abuse must be set up

A dedicated unit must be set up to deal with the abuse of the penalty points system and the continued failure to serve summonses on motorists who evade penalty points and fines.

The latest investigation also details how the system continued to be abused by some gardaí long after last June when Garda Commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan announced new safeguards to overhaul the system.

The report, which runs to three volumes, is expected to be published in the coming days after the Garda Commissioner forwarded the report to the Minister for Justice, Frances Fitzgerald, on Monday.